A/N: Well...finally managed to wrangle up the Author for another update. It's a little short though, but it does set the tone of the next story in Lazytown. The Author still is crazy about Captain Jack, but she's learned to...(whispers from offstage) What! Whaddayamean the Author picked the lock of her cell! Dang it...she's gone again!Curse you Will Turner for teaching her about locks!But as the editor of the Lazytown Chronicle, I will not rest until she has returned and updated. And just some annoucements, there's two more weeks for the Author's fan art contest, and check below the chapter for a special sneak peek at a story the Author currently has in the works. (shouts to offstage) Sportacus! Start peddling! I'll get the rope!
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Sportacus Ten ran through the streets of Lazytown, jumping walls, flipping over mail boxes and slamming a basketball into the hoop. Tara was walking down the street, when she saw the superhero pass by.
"Hey Sport!" she yelled to him with a wave. He looked over his shoulder as he ran and shouted,
"Hi Tara!" But he didn't watch where he was going and he tripped over a rose bush.
"Sportacus!" yelled Tara rushing to his side. She helped pull him up as he laughed it off,
"Knowing you is hazardous to my health, Tara!"
"Sportacus...what a corny joke...Does that mean you've 'fallen' for me?" Tara quipped. He presented her a rose and smirked,
"Maybe..."
Tara only smiled as she smelled the rose.
Welcome to Lazytown
It's the start of a brand new day!
You'll meet Robbie with his rotten plan,
And Sportacus saving the day!
Stephanie is new in town,
and soon she and Ziggy are friends!
With Stingy, Pixel and Trixie too,
They're going to have a blast together!
Go go go! Get up Lazytown!
It's the start of a brand new day!
Things are upside down here in Lazytown,
Adventure's just a moment away...
"Art Class"
"Steph! Stop squirming!" Tara laughed as she dipped some more red into her white paint. When she got the right shade of pink, Tara took the brush to the canvas again, while her subject giggled,
"I can't help it Tara! Sitting still is very hard for me!"
"Well that's a good thing...but in this case it's bad because you only get so many trys with paint! Now hold still!" Tara ordered with a smile. Stephanie resumed her pose as she sat on the stool in Tara's studio. Then she got a familiar twitch in her nose.
'Uh-oh!' she thought as her nose skewed to the side a bit. She kept wriggling it around resisting the urge to raise her hand up to scratch it. Then a familiar tingle started and made Stephanie open and close her mouth a few times.
"Ah...ah...ah ah ah...AHH-CHOO!" Stephanie sneezed blowing a stack of sketches to the floor. She gasped with a hand covering her mouth, her eyes darting to Tara. The woman raised a bemused eyebrow and smirked a little, as Stephanie softly said,
"Sorry Tara..."
Tara burst out laughing which made Stephanie laugh as well. Finally, Tara said putting aside her brush and pallet,
"It's okay Steph...I'm done anyway. Take a look!" Excited, Stephanie jumped down and ran over, gasping in delight at the realistic potrait of herself.
"I can't believe that's me staring back at me! It's wonderful!" Stephanie exclaimed.
"Thanks Steph. You know...maybe you can send it to your folks. Let them know you're thinking of them!" Tara suggested.
"That's a great idea! Their anniversary is coming up anyway! Man...I wish I could draw as well as you can." Stephanie said.
"Well...I could teach you..." Tara said folding her arms.
"Really!" squealed Stephanie. Tara shrugged,
"Sure! I could teach anyone who wants to learn. Interested?"
"Am I! Think this is something the other kids might like?" Stephanie asked.
"Sure! Why don't you go ask them?" Tara said. Stephanie ran out yelling,
"Wait till the others hear about this!"
Meanwhile, Robbie Rotten had managed to climb up a wall, and he was spying on Tara and Stephanie through his binoculars.
"An art class? Hmm...wonder if this is a golden opportunity to do something...rotten! HAHAHAHAHA!...Woah!" he cried falling off the side of the wall to the ground below.
"Ouch..."he whimpered.
Chemistry
Philimina Maynard is an outcast on the skirts of Tortuga. Many think her a witch, but she's really a absentminded scientist, a chemist and inventor. And she's hopelessly in love with Captain Jack Sparrow. But he doesn't seem to know she's a woman, and only comes around when he needs one of her amazing inventions. He's in town again, needing supplies to help him snag a mystical treasure, and Phil is determined to impress him and reveal her feelings for him. When she accidentally conjures up an elastic green goo that makes anything bounce and even fly, she gets sidetracked by her creation that's she's dubbed 'Flubber'...at least until Jack's competitor for the treasure tries to steal the flubber for himself. Can Phil and her talking cat Weebo help Jack find that treasure? Will the pirates get flubber? Can flubber help Phil win Jack's heart?